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MerMay Week 2026; 2. Yiar Turaghat, as an Octopus mermaid!

Day 2 comes with another sibling of Udon's, this one being assigned a more crafty job with a side of merchanting, making me think of an octopus (nonspecific this time). He is a person with an eye for gemstones, neutral or magical. He may also probably be the only one of his siblings capable of inherent magic, a magical aptitude for something. He is also a quite nervous man outside of his job... One of the four siblings too who has a more highly regarded job.

This one was quite intimidating at first, but was quite quick after i just committed to the brightness, and drawing octopi has always been very fun for me. There was this red octopus that majorly contributed to the inspiration when I looked at these wonderful creatures on the internet...

More to come!

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Starbound/Space Age AU! Spokoen Ariya the Avian!

A little more of the Starbound races based side characters, this one working at the Gamma Nekkar Stadium - an area of quite a bit of activities and entertainment upon the oceans of Gamma Nekkar and its Spires built into the sea! Spokoen is an oldie... Hadn't touched their character in ages. Technically never seen before at this point.

Spokoen is an Avian who has long since left behind their home, integrating into a multicultural city on a completely different star system to live. The Crow ended up on the bad side of the more extreme side of their culture, a sect of Stargazers upon where he used to be from, and found themselves running from them. Some time after that they found out they were deteriorating and thus sought out someone, anyone, willing to integrate some technology into themselves to save themselves from possible death. This might have been done by someone known as Koibuchi... This became his rebirth into a kind of a technophiliac, and became a birth of the Other Them. A cavity was dug into his torso and head, which allowed an implantation of a complex computer system to co-run the body if need be. Now inside this body lives Spokoen Ariya, the bird, and Spokoen Ariya the complexly evolving imitation of their memories and personality. Their time together allows them to switch "occupancy" at will, and often they share thoughts like separate conversations together. They have rarely slept after they got older and readjusted to the life of being together... And its likely the computer will continue their existence afterwards, whenever the last dregs of the original pass on one way or another. Currently though, during the time of the image and working for Gamma Nekkar? Both are alive and well.

Spokoen Ariya talks quite a lot to themselves, and have further tech-implantations added into themselves to make life lived in the lap of technology be that much more easy and convenient. The duo in one mind make them extremely impervious to external attacks, though they are not completely invulnerable... Perhaps there should be a more faithful drawing of all their useful little things and an actual proper look to their workplace some day, among their true personality. Oh man... does make me think of all the others... too many characters... That'll be a somewhat of a summary for some points of their character. Big and leggy blackbird.

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So I uh. Lethal Company. Inside joke.

I draw digitally rarely.

(Maneater, Lootbug.)

I cannot explain myself. One of the very rare pieces that could constitute as fanart. Might as well post, since I have some digital things I could put up during these lull periods. There won't be many, though.

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MerMay Week 2025! DAY 1:

Longbill Spearfish, with the character Northre Lumenki Turaghat. The fishies might not be perfect representations of the characters themselves, but focus on some fitting shapes for them. I also don't have the perfect understanding of some of the creatures, it is just to have some fun for those MerMays that I keep forgetting to do.

This is the second MerMay I have started ever, though I tend not to follow anyone else's lists, but a kind of a spirit of the occasion. c:

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Ametural - Wyrms close to Haze, again.

Some older WIP's, intended to be fully pencil. Never finished, but still enjoyable! Couldn't crank up the contrast too much and stuff, else too most of the hues would disappear.

These are old by now, more than a half of a year since I took a crack at these, pondering if I should ink them or not. Didn't in the end.

In order: Waterwyrm and nest on a muddy bank, Smokewyrm and nest in a box, and an unusual Cavernwyrm and nest not in a cavern. She had a name, that cavernwyrm.

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MerMay Week 2025! DAY 2:

Otter Merman, with the character Nico Pocalypse.

A bit elongated than a regular otter, this one was a joy to draw. Of course there has to be other creatures than just straight finned fishies on the list.

I've not necessarily gone into the lore of Nico and Northre and a certain third person yet, but turning them into sea creatures could have interesting connections to their actual story stuff. (even though they never would be a mermaid, or a merman, or merperson. specifically picking characters for MerMay which aren't related to water-based critters at all. some demons and kuujaa are counted out automatically.)

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MerMay Week 2025! DAY 5:

Ribbon Eel, with the character Leyravam Loria.

Decided things needed more simplicity and contrast. Not quite the perfectly ribbon-eely body, but something close enough.

Last of the undead trio. Ivon was a panda angelfish long time ago, and now Kalla is a little sea bunny, and Ravam a proper silly eel. Two more to go!

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Kind of Chronological Order of the Appearances and joinings to the Borealis cast. (People from that Nidus world)

From Aurora -> Rhea -> Derek -> Phillipa -> Tarqai -> Liahann -> Hyde -> Wrenward -> Zenith -> G1sel.

Wrenward is a new addition, a replacement. I will talk about them sometime.

Right now, each of these pages have two images, that correspond to the cast interacting together to show some kind of relationships with one another in the upper pictures, and an important event and/or trauma in their past on the lower pictures. As they are in order, characters are added up one by one as the pages progress, up until two characters appear simultaneously twice, leaving things ambiguous. Seems like only Hyde and Liahann seem to have less hurtful memories to deal with at that present point of time.

(I definitely need to ponder how to draw my silly sweet treats and drinks in the future, but they do their job well enough. I've located many weaknesses in my process during the drawing of these in the past monts. Another thing of concern too, is that I need to focus more attention toward the fantastical elements of Nidus outside of the demons, as that has been neglected for some time. Stranger locales and possibilities. Outside of that, I am elated that these were completed, imperfections and all. It is always most important to complete things to whichever degree is comfortable and enjoy the fruits of one's labour. That's how one maintains love for their craft in my case, though honestly I might also have the advantage of being obsessed with this shit, so any progress feels intoxicating at times.)

Haven't posted in so long, it feels a little comfortable to know these inactivity days happen. I haven't gotten much better mentally, but I do still draw; the issue is just that very little has been finished. And now I am just "megaposting" these all without pacing them out, pfft! But there is a tiny chance that maybe I'll get back to uploading some more from now on. Though there are some smaller things that I could post...? Now? I am exhausted. I will ramble another day.